Shelley McKinley, general manager of technology and corporate responsibility at Microsoft in Redmond, WA, wrote an op-ed in The Virginian-Pilot highlighting the importance of broadband access in the state in order to "start or run a modern business, access telemedicine, take an online class, digitally transform their farm or research a school project online."
Athena Award winner
Katie Unger-Chipps, executive director of Leadership Washington County, was awarded the 2022 Washington County ATHENA Leadership Award in Pittsburgh (PA) Thursday, May 5. She was joined onstage by Renee Morales, public affairs manager at Crown Castle and emcee of the awards ceremony.
America’s Best Midsize Employers List 2022: The Top 100
Crown Castle was ranked #31 on Forbes America's Best Midsize Employers List 2022. Forbes surveyed 60,000 Americans working for companies with at least 1,000 employees and asked them to rate their "willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family, and to nominate organizations...
Noah Tulsky: Shared Infrastructure Can Make 5G Work For Cities
According to Noah Tulsky, partner at Sidewalks Infrastructure Partners and the latest author of Broadband Breakfast's Expert Opinion series, annual small cell deployments in cities are expected to grow at a roughly 25% compound annual rate through 2026. Because of this exponential growth, 5G d...
Montgomery County OKs $9.2M in contracts, $1.89M for dredging of Schuylkill Canal
The Montgomery County (PA) Board of Commissioners approved several contracts at their most recent meeting on April 7. Notably, a fiber connectivity contract with Crown Castle was revised to account for nearly $270,064 more than the previous contract.
Lloyd will upgrade technology, infrastructure
The Lloyd (NY) Town Board announced that the town will be making "significant upgrades" to their internet and information technology infrastructure, such as providing cyber security training to employees, wi-fi upgrades to the town hall and the water department, and more. The town will be work...
Fiber Optics 101 for Chicago’s Youth
Crown Castle has partnered with Chicago's (IL) META24 workforce development program in the Community Youth Development Institute to help students "transform their circumstances" and earn their high school diploma via non-traditional means. The students are taught how to work with fiber optic c...